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Meet The World's 'poorest' President by Nobody: 7:35pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
[color=#770077][/color]He lives on a farm, and his official car is a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle. He donates 90% of his monthly salary to charity. President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, is not your average president. It is commonplace to see some presidents of countries living lavish lifestyles, and in some extreme cases, looting their countries’ finances for personal gain. But not Mujica. He is commonly known as the world’s “poorest” president because of his austere lifestyle Mujica rejected the luxurious presidential residence the government provided for him and instead opted to live on his wife’s farm located on a dirt road outside the country’s capital. They have no domestic workers – they do all the farm work by themselves. The only staff they have are two police officers. In 2010, his annual personal wealth declaration – mandatory for officials in Uruguay – was $1,800, the value of his Beetle. In an interview with BBC, he said: “I’ve lived like this most of my life, I can live well with what I have I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more. This is a matter of freedom. If you don’t have many possessions then you don’t need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself…” Mujica also has unique views about poverty alleviation. In the 2012 Rio+20 summit he stated: But what are we thinking? Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left? “Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet. An Arab sheikh recently offered him $1 million for his Beetle. Mujica is currently considering the offer, and says that if he does sell it, he will donate the money to charity.
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Re: Meet The World's 'poorest' President by krazydave(m): 7:46pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
wow!.. actually the title should read ''World's best President'' |
Re: Meet The World's 'poorest' President by midolian(m): 7:48pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
RESPECT, man. U r unlike some that wld want to rule for a hundred years even though they are failing, just because they haven't embezzled enough..they want to gather as much as possible so they could build castles in heaven, have larger graves and live forever. |
Re: Meet The World's 'poorest' President by am0s(m): 8:19pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
hmm |
Re: Meet The World's 'poorest' President by wise7(m): 8:22pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
i doubt if africa can av such a leader. No Nigerian president wil ever wanna leave outside ASO ROCK |
Re: Meet The World's 'poorest' President by 234GT(m): 8:37pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
Jose Mujica to Argentine President Christina Fernandes de Kirchner, 'this old hag is worse than the cross-eyed man' |
Re: Meet The World's 'poorest' President by godsamist: 8:53pm On Jan 31, 2015 |
As this post walker come Nl make e manage enter news papers make nigerians thief thief govt read. See all their posters just because of what they intends looting the moment they manuplate into power..We really need a strong God fearing leader that can bring these so called leaders to book |
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